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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Wilson, Everett End Comes Suddenly To Everett Wilson
Funeral Services Held Tuesday
Afternoon at Presbyterian
Church.
Everett Wilson, a resident of Chase County for many years, died Saturday night about 8 o'clock at his home on Peyton Creek as a result of a complication of diseases. Mr. Wilson has not been well for years but it was not until about a week or 10 days before his death that his condition became serious.
Funeral services for Mr. Wilson were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Presbyterian church at Cottonwood Falls. Rev. E. M. Scott was in charge of the service. Members of the Eastern Star and Masonic lodge, of which Mr. Wilson was a member, sat in a body, and the services at the grave in Prairie Grove cemetery , were conducted by the Emporia Commandery.
Mr. Wilson's five brothers and J. W. Lewis, a brother-in-law, were the pall-bearers, and music was provided by a quartet composed of Jim Bell, W. B. Penny, S. R. Blackburn and. Collins Mendel. Mrs Jim Bell was accompanist.
Everett Wilson, son of William and Adeline Wilson, was born on a homestead 12 miles from Greenleaf, Kans., January 16, 1872. With his parents he later moved to a ranch in Morris County and afterward to Chase County.
On November 4, 1892 he was united in marriage to Miss Effie Thomas and went to live in Topeka where their daughter, Adeline, was born.
Of true pioneer blood he was irresistibly drawn back to the farm in Chase County and from then on owned and operated land and cattle. With rugged strength and courage, wise and farseeing, he struggled over almost insuperable barriers to a place of trust and respect in his community. A man of vision, with a deep sense of humor, his natural jovialty won him countless friends whom his intense loyalty, kindness and generosity held in the bonds of affection until the end.
He loved the aesthetic things of life, and music, art and literature helped to round out a full and splendid character. The Masonic lodge which he joined in 1906 was one of his greatest pleasures. Christianity was an intrinsic part of him, he lived it daily and affiliated with the Presbyterian church as his medium of worship. He lived life to the full dauntlessly, when crushed by adversity and pain, rose again with added strength and battled bravely on until his Maker called him to a just reward.
Preceded by his first wife to the great beyond he leaves to mourn him, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, whom he married in 1929; four daughters, Mrs. Adeline Littler of Cottonwood Falls, Mrs. Lillian Seyfert of Idaho Falls, Ida., Mrs. Edith Benninghoven of Strong City, and Miss Beth Wilson of Strong City; one son, Gareth Wilson of Syracuse, and eight grandchildren.
He is also survived by his aged father, W. W. Wilson; three sisters, Miss Etta Wilson of Strong City, Mrs. Roy Pendergraft of Emporia, and Mrs. John Lewis of Strong City, and five brothers, Arthur Wilson of Cottonwood Falls, W. J. Wilson and J. C. Wilson of Strong City, A. F. Wilson of Council Grove, and C. R.l Wilson of Manhattan.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Dec 16 1931.
by Lorna Marvin
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